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APPLICATION FILED MAR, 31, 1909.

Patented July 27, 1909.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR. 31, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PA'rnNtr OFFICE.-

, GUSS MASULLA, F GODFREY; ILLINOI S,

wmDMiLL TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 27, 1909.

Application filed March 31, 1909. Serial No. 4 7,002.

T 0 all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, GUSS M'AsULuA, a citizen of the United States,residing 'atGodfrey, in the county of Madison, State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Windmill Toys; and

I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same. f.

This invention relates to toys and has special reference to a wind milloperated toy designed to represent a pair of blacksmiths at work on ananvil.

One object of the invention is to vprovide a novel and improved toy ofthis character.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved mechanism foractuating such a toy. v

With the above and other objects in view the. invention consists ingeneral of a rotatable casing, mechanism held within said casing, a windwheel to operate saidniecha-msm, a pair of mamkins mounted on the casingand representing a pair of blacksmiths at work, and a musical anvil.

' The invention consists further in certain novel details ofconstruction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in theaccompa-nyingdrawings, and specifically set forth inthe claims.

*In the accompanying drawings like characters of reference indicate likeparts in the tion from the windmill end. Fig. this a, detail sectionalview showing the central portion of the machinery from the side op-;

several views, and :Figure 1 is a side elevation of a toy constructed inaccordance with this invention, certainof the partsbeing broken away'toshowathe interior of the casin and the manner of supporting the toy.

and manikins removed. Fig, 3 is an elevaposite Fig. 1;

The numeral 10 indicates the casing of the device and this casing isprovided with a removable top 11. Upon the top 11 is sup.

ported an anvil stand 12 Whereon is mounted an imitation anvil 13. Thisanvil stand and anvil have vertical apertures therethrough as indicatedat 14: provided with an enlarged bore at the upper end as indicated at15. A

stem 16 extends downward through th'e'aper- I ture 14 and 'is'providedon its top with astriking plate 17. Between the underside ig; 2 is a topplan View with the cover ot'ithis striking plate and the bottom of thebore 15 isheld a spiral spring 18 so that the striking plate 17 isnormally raised from the surface of the anvil 13.

securely fixedon thecasing are a pair of manikins 19 each of which haspivotally mounted arms 20 provided with represent-ations of hands towhich are attached hammore 21. These manikins are so positioned that asthe arms are raised and dropped the hammers will strike the plate 17.Upon the casings 10 are provided spaced f ears 22 which pass up throughthe top and are arranged to receive a fastening wire-23 at each end ofMounted upon each; side of theanvil and said top. By this means the-topis securely -held upon the casin while at the same time it is readilyremova le therefrom.

Within the casing 10, and so arranged as to be struck by the rod orplunger 16 is mounteda bell 24. The plunger is normally held free fromthis bell but whenever one of the hammers 21 strikes the plate 17 theplunger isdepressed to contact with and ring said bell. t

Supported Within the casing 17 is a worm gear 25 having upon one facethereof a pin 26. This wheel 25 is mounted on a shaft 27 a and betweenthe wheel, and one wall of the casin is a spring 28 which serves to holdthe whee in proper. ositionand at the same time act .as a-bra e or dragto prevent too rapid rotation of the wheel. Within the casing is a lever29 pivoted'intermediate its" ends and one end of this'lever is arrangedto lie in the path of the pin 26, being provided with a ulde late orwire 30 to prevent the wear 0 the ever by this -.pin. The other endofthe lever 29 is provided with an eye 31. The end of the lever 29 whichsupports the eye 31 is arrangedvimmediately below one of the manikinsand extending u wardly from this eye is a pull rod32 provi ed with ahook at its lower .end to engage the eye and attached atits upper end'toa bell-crank 33 which isfixed to the arms20 of that manikin of thelever. This lever is-provided intermediate its ends with aneye 38 towhich is attached apull rod- 39 similarlyconstructed' to the pull 'rod32- and similarly attached to a bell crank-40 which operates the'arms-20 of the other manikin.

Supported 'in thecasing 10 is a shaft 41 upon one end of which is formeda worm 42 which engages with the worm wheel. This shaft projectsoutwardly from one end of the casing and carries a plate 43 whereonaremounted fan blades 44 so that the plate and the blades-44 constitutethe wind wheel.

. In the operation'of the device as thus far described when the wheel 25is rotated'by the action of the worm 42 as the fan blades 44 are rotatedby the wind, the pin 26 alternately strikes the up'persidc ,of the lever34 and depresses the same and 'the under side of the lever 29 anddepresses that end of the lever-29 which is connected to the pull rod32. This action results in alternately raising: the arms of the twomanikins and allowing them to fall so that the hammers alternatelystrike the plate 17- andring the bell 24.

In order to provide a means whereby the devicemay at all times be keptin position to be operated by the wind there is formed on the under sideof the casing a boss 45 provided with an annular groove 46. This boss isfreely revoluble in the socket 47 beingheld from retraction therefrom bymeans of a set screw 48 which has its end projecting into the groove 46.There is also provided at the end of the casing opposite the wind wheela vane 49 so that whenever the wind strikes the device the wind :wheelwill be turned to face the wind and thus always be in position tooperate themanikins. There has thus been provided a simple and efficientdevice of the kind-described and of: the character specified.

It is obvious that many minorv changes may be made in theform andconstruction of this invention without departing from the materialprinciples thereof. It is not therefore desired to confine the inventionto the exact form herein shown and described, but it is wished toinclude all such as come plroperly within the scope of the appended caims.

. Having thus describedtlie invention, what- 1s claimed as new, is

1. In a-toy, an anvil,'a manikin having a movable arm providedwith a.hammer adapted to strike said anvil, a wind wheel, and mechanismactuated by the wind wheel to alternately raise and releasethe hammer,

said mechanism comprising a pivoted lever, a gear provided with a 'pinprojecting laterally therefromand adapted to operate said each providedprovided with a throughsaid anvil,

1ever,a-gear connected to said wind wheel 811-" meshing with the firstmentioned gear, and an operative connection between said lever andthearm ofsaid manikin.

2. In a toy, an anvil, a manikin having a movablearm provided with'ahammer adapted to strike said anvil, a wind wheel, and mechanismactuated by the wind wheel to alternately raise and release the hammer,said mechanism comprising a pivoted lever, agea'lr provided with a pinprojecting latera gear connected to said wind wheel enmeshing with thefirst mentioned gear, a bell-crank connected to the arm of said manikin,and a pull rod connected to said bell-crank and lever. p

3. In a toy, an anvil, a pair of manikins disposed one on each side ofsaid anvil and with a movable armhaving a hammer carried thereby adaptedto strike said anvil, a wind wheel, and mechanism actuated by the windwheel to alternately raise and release the pair of hammers, saidmechanism. comprising pivoted levers, a gear pin projecting laterallytherefron'i adapted to operate said levers, a gear connected to saidwi'nd- ,vvheel enmeshing with the said operative connection between eachof the said levers and the kins. I

4.. In a toy, an anvil, a pair of manikins disposed one onfeach side-ofsaid anvil and each-provided with a movable arm-having a hammer carriedthereby adapted to strike said anvil, a wind wheel, and mechanismactuated by the wind wheel to alternately raise and release the pair-ofhammers, said mechanism comprising a pair of pivoted levers, a gearprovided with a pin projecting laterally therefrom adapted toalternately operate said levers,.-a gear connected to said wind wheelenmeshing with the first mentioned gear, a bell-crank connected to thearm of each of said manikins, and apull rod connectingeach of saidlevers to one of the bell-cranks.

5. In a device of the kind described, an anvil-having a false base, astem connected to said base and connecting downwardly a spring normallyholdingsaid base free from the anvil, and a bell adapted to be struckby-the stem when the anvil/base is depressed.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

GUSS MASULLA.

Witnesses EMIL G. MORK, I.- Moons.

and adapted to operate mentioned gear, and an arm of one of saidni'ani-'

